Basket-cover fastener



April 28, 1931 v. H. wlzlARDE ET AL 1,803,084

BASKET COVER FASTENER Filed May 28, 1928' JNVENIORS.

ATTORNEY.

iiiiii.

A. |III. rnr. l 0 74??! M62 Nimmo/M3 f/d Patented pr. 28, 1931 l UNITED STATES VICTOR HWIZIARDEAND CHARLES H. BACHER, on s'r. -Josnrn, Mrssoimi BASKET-Govan rnsrnivnnv Application led May 28,

Our invention relates to fasteners and more particularly to devices of that character for fastening the cover on a container,

such as a fruit basket, the principal objects of the invention being to apply a fastener manually while the cover is pressed on the basket, to latch the fastener securely against accidental disturbance and to require destruction of the fasteners for removal of a securely latched cover.

1n accomplishing these and other objects of the invention we have provided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a basket and cover fastened thereto by our invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of a portion of the basketand cover illustrating the cover in spaced relation with the basket and the members of the device in position for moving to cover-fastening position.

. Fig. 3 is a similar view illustrating the device in cover fastening position.

Fig. 4 is a slightly enlarged perspective view of the fastener in latching position.

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the members separated.

Referring in detail to the drawings:

1 designates a fruit basketofordinary splint construction having a rim 2 composed of outer and inner hoops 3 and 4, and provided with opposite bails 5 and 6. 7 designates a cover comprising a hoop 8 and splints or slats 9 secured to the hoop by staples ,10. An elongated slat 11 has ends 12 extending beyond the cover hoop to engage under thev basket bails to latch the cover on the basket.

192s. Serialna 281,248.'

fastening the cover, wouldtend to bruise they contained fruit. f f Our improved fastening device may be applied manually and without further pressure or disturbance of the fru'itthan is required for :bringing the cover hoop 4into engagement with the basket hoop. The device comprisesa pairof cooperating hoop hook members 13 and 14, each having a hook 15 at one end for engagement over a hoop and being provided with ratchet-like means presently described wherebyfthey are inter-engaged and latchedin cover-fastening position. I

The basket rim engaging memberl?) is'provided withlateral Wings 16 inbent in spaced relation with the body thereof tocomprise a sleeve for loop l portion 17 adapted to receive the unhooked and straight endlSyof the" oppositeA member 1'4 for retaining and guiding the cover hook member. The ratchet means preferably comprises instruck lingers 19 extending downwardly and'inwardly of the sleeve 17 and providing resilientlat'ches slidable over thefmember 14, and into recessesy s'uch -as slots or notchesQO provided in the member 14. The resilient fingers, while free to pass out'of the notches andover the por# tions 21 of the member14while the two members are being moved toward each other, will automatically seat ony a lower wall'21 andl thereby latchV the Vtwo members" together. against sliding removal, the sleevey retaining the members in latching position.

Infusingl the device the cover is applied to the basket and the cross slat 'latchedv under the bailsin 'theusual manner.

` .The complementary members of a device are then applied to adjacent portions of the covery hoop and the basket'ri'm, the cover hookl being'supported Vfromthe cover hoop and the baskethook being frictionally engaged and supported between the two hoop members of the basket rim, and the end 18 of the cover hook being in position for insertion into the sleeve of the basket hook.'`

The portion of the cover adjacent the device isy pressed into engagement with' the basket rim v'and the cover hook is ino-ved through the sleeve of the basket hoop, the

lingers of the operator retaining the two members in engagement. rIhe latching lingers of the basket hook sleeve will slide over the straight portion of the cover hook and into the notches thereof successively until the hooks l5 are closely engaged with the respec` tive hoops. The latching lingers will at such point be retained against separation of the hook members by the downward inclination of the fingers which bear against the lower wall 21 of the notch'and prevent withdrawal of the cover hook from the basket hook. p

A plurality of the devices are preferably used in fastening a cover on the basket. v

When it is desired to remove the cover, the fastening'devices may be distorted or broken since they are locked in engagement with eachother and the lingers cannot be slipped from the notches.

.Fig 2 illustrates the latching position of the fastener when the hoop of the cover may not be broughtinto close engagement with the' basket rim; for example, when the fruit is first'packed; Settling or other cause may render desirable the tightening of the fastening devices and the pressing of the cover more tightly on the basket; andjFig. 3 illustrates the manner in. which the fasteners are adapted to be adjusted to the new condition, pressure by the operator causing the cover member to slide further through the sleeve of the basket hook and engage the resilient lingers with a notch further along on the cover hook member.

The device as described is, therefore, not only adapted for use on containers having rims and cover hoops of varying widths and diameters, but for adjustment. to varying spacings kof container and cover members under different conditions While the device has been illustrated and vdescribed as applied to a' fruit basket, it is apparent that it may be applied to any container having a rim portion such as a hoop to receive one hook and a cover provided with a hook-receiving portion such as a hoop.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: y

1. In a basket cover fastener, a metallic body having a hook at one'end and a series of transverse notches and a second body hav ing a hookat one end and integral lateral wings bent back Vover the body to form a sleeve for receiving the unhooked end of the first named body and having instruck fingers on the edges of said wings adapted to engage one face of the first named body and tending` to enter said notches to latch ythe bodies together against longitudinal movement thereof away from each other. Y

2. In a basket cover fastener, a metallic body .having a hook at one end and a series of transverse notches, a second body having a hook at one end and an integral lateral wing bent back over the body to form a sleeve tures.

VICTOR I-I. WIZIARDE. CHARLES H. BACHER. Y

so v 

